OK, so after a little bit of research, and some well-deserved and humbly-taken criticism and correction from the folks on SB, I set sail on my journey to build a water filter. Here is exactly how I did it, and exactly what I ordered to do it. First, I secured all the gear that I needed...

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THE BATH Try as I might there is no privacy in this camp. I enter my tent and close the flap. While in this perceived privacy I take off my jeans, t-shirt, socks, and underwear. I put on my tankini. Already I have heated water cooling in my bucket. I've asked a few friends to...

Every time I toss out a plastic bottle, I kid you not, I literally look at it and think to myself..."This could save my life." Then it hit me! I'm going to build a survival kit out of nothing but free items that can be found anywhere and that are regularly thrown away. When I worked...

I'm thinking about giving (along with normal gifts) 5 gallon food grade buckets to some relatives this Christmas. The buckets will contain basic items that will be useful in a time of emergency. I'm hoping this gesture will "turn on a light" and get my family members thinking about preparedness...

After reading various threads about general preparedness, it made me think about fixing my own "bug-out bucket", or 'grab-and-go bucket' of food similar to what Wise offers except also having some canned foods in addition to the freeze-dried varieties. This way i have a variety of food items...

We have a fairly solid stash of food for 4-6 months; my next goal is for longer term storage. I am always interested in what others are packing in buckets so here is my work for today. Mixed bean soup bucket: Mixed beans: 5 pounds each of pinto and great northern, 1 pound (pkg) of pearled...

What do you store in your preps that fills a 5 gallon bucket? If I were to come to your place and start opening your buckets what would I find? (Other than a gun at my head :) )

I cleaned up our backpacking gear and I need to flush out the two gravity filters; the Katadyn Base Camp and the 4-Liter Sawyer filter (I have the larger 8-Liter two-bag system as well). Both are designed to be filled, hung from an attachment system that extends the drain tube as far as...

so i ve been buying flats and mre for awhile, but im looking into other things i need to store. ive been looking at dried and powdered stuff for storing. but im thinking of buying my own 5 gal buckets and filling with stuff like, rice, beans, suger, ect. i was wanting any ideas on bet way, to...

Hey Guys. This is not a thread about the pros/cons about the Costco Emergency Food Bucket. 275 servings of food.... But I was looking through the costco coupon book on the counter tonight and there is a coupon for 10 bucks off, making it 75 bucks shipped to your door. Im going to buy one or...

ive been considering LTS using mylar, o2 absorbers and 5 gal buckets my issues is i have no idea how much (in kgs, or lbs) it takes to fill these things does anyone have the weights for how much rice, and/or other grains it would take to fill a bag/bucket? also if anyone has the serving size...

First, here is my idea. I want to pack 4 or 5 1 gallon mylar bags into a 5 gallon bucket and then seal the bucket with some oxygen absorbers. I would fill the mylar bags with either beans or rice, and I would use absorbers on them too. That way if somebody opens one bucket, they will have...

Here is a short vid on cooking with some food storage items. enjoy.